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Thursday, September 15, 2011

Better than the Academy Awards

Blog awards are fun - to me. They're cool to get because you get a neat little pic for your sidebar. People can see that someone held you in high regard. It's not the cute sidebar "pretties" that let people know this. It's the work put in by the giver that let's you know you were worth a good click and a mention (Networking, baby!). Let's face it, when an award is received, the receiving blogger doesn't HAVE to pay it forward. But, the respect is plentiful among most writer bloggers and paying it forward is work worthwhile. So, it is with a humble heart that I accept the following awards from K.T. Hanna of The Scribble Muse and Isis Rushdan:

Here's how to pay this award forward:Irresistibly sweet-

1. Thank and link to the person who nominates you
2. Share seven random facts about you
3. Pass this award to five new blogging friends
4. Contact and congratulate the awarded bloggers

Versatile-

1. Thank and link to the person who nominates you
2. Share seven random facts about you
3. Pass this Award along to 15 recently discovered blogs and let them know about it!

I can come up with 7 random facts, and sadly, that's pushing it O_O

1. If you ever stumble across a book called SECRET LILIES by Rayven Godchild, yes, that is me. And no, it is NOT a YA novel. I won't let my chipmunk check it out until she's like 25 or something.

2. I have the hugest, long lasting crush on Johnny Depp (I love you JD!!!!!).

3. As a child, I made a bad habit of throwing my brother's football up in the air - inside the house. Yeah, real smart move. One evening, after promising my mother I wouldn't throw the ball anymore, I stood beneath the living room light, lovely glass cover, and tossed that thing straight into it. Like a doe in headlights, I tilted my head up and watched glass rain down around me. One shard lodged on the outer corner of my right eye, half an inch from blinding me. You guessed it, no more football throwing in the house.

4. While pregnant with my chipmunk, my two favorite things in the whole wide world turned against me - or rather - I against them: Fried chicken and chocolate. Thankfully, we reconciled our differences shortly after my little beauty came into the world and have remained the best of friends ever since.

5. I am a middle child. As far as I know, I don't have any syndromes because of this but I probably better leave that to the experts.

6. In high school, I was a part of a singing group. Nothing ever came of it, but it sure was fun.

7. I can swim just enough to dog paddle...that's it. Yet, during summer, as a young teen, I taught my younger sister to swim in the pool Before the end of the week, she was diving from the boards. Go Figure.

It's moments like this that you wish you could give an award to all the blogs you follow because they're all so great in their own way. But I do adore these blogs, those I've been visiting for a short time and those I just recently discovered.

@ Angelina - Yeah, I was sooo lucky and blessed. Things would have worked out but I still can't help giving myself a slap to the back of my head figuring out why I just HAD to do it. Being a kid...Geesh.